Category Archives: Syndicated
Malaysia reports 150 new coronavirus cases; four more deaths
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia reported 150 new coronavirus cases on Saturday, including four deaths. That took the country's total to 3,483 confirmed infections and 57 deaths, the health ministry ...
Apr 04, 2020
OPEC+ emergency meeting likely to be postponed to April 8 or 9: OPEC sources
DUBAI (Reuters) - OPEC and its allies will not hold their emergency virtual meeting on Monday and will likely postpone it until April 8 or 9 to allow more time for negotiations among oil producers on ...
Apr 04, 2020
Lausanne watchman rings cathedral bell anew to signal hope amid pandemic
By Cecile Mantovani LAUSANNE (Reuters) - In Lausanne, a Swiss city on the shores of lake Geneva, the coronavirus outbreak has revived a tradition of centuries past: The cathedral watchman climbs the 1...
Apr 04, 2020
Tokyo area sees daily coronavirus cases topping 100 for first time: NHK
TOKYO (Reuters) - Some 118 people were newly infected with the novel coronavirus in the Japanese capital of Tokyo, NHK public broadcaster reported on Saturday, citing metropolitan government officials...
Apr 04, 2020
Philippines records 8 new coronavirus deaths, 76 more infections
MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippine health ministry on Saturday reported 76 additional coronavirus infections and eight new deaths. In a bulletin, the health ministry said a total of 144 people have die...
Apr 04, 2020
IMF praises Ukraine’s decisions on land reform, banking law
KIEV (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund welcomes the Ukraine's initial parliament's adoption of legislation to strengthen the bank resolution framework and looks forward to its final approval...
Apr 04, 2020
UK could relax some coronavirus lockdown rules in weeks: top epidemiologist
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain could relax some social-distancing measures in a matter of weeks if the spread of the coronavirus eases and testing steps up, a leading professor of mathematical biology at ...
Apr 04, 2020
Airline refutes Mexican authority’s account of spring break coronavirus outbreak
By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - College students from Texas who tested positive for the novel coronavirus after spring break in Los Cabos traveled to the Mexican beach resort on Viva Aer...
Apr 04, 2020
Vietnam protests Beijing’s sinking of South China Sea boat
By Khanh Vu HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has lodged an official protest with China following the sinking of a Vietnamese fishing boat it said had been rammed by a Chinese maritime surveillance vessel nea...
Apr 04, 2020
Indian officials warn of lockdown extensions as COVID-19 cases in South Asia near 6,000
By Rajendra Jadhav and Rupam Jain MUMBAI (Reuters) - The number of confirmed new coronavirus cases in South Asia neared 6,000 on Saturday, even as authorities in some cities tightened restrictions on ...
Apr 04, 2020
